VOCABULARY TEST 3
(1) languor
1) only slightly connected
2) lack of physical or mental energy
3) disgrace
4) odd in an old-fashioned way
(2) genealogy
1) external
2) error
3) deep feeling of dislike
4) record of descent
(3) dais
1) inclined to form factions
2) raised platform for speakers or other important people
3) fear
4) morally disapproved person
(4) lottery
1) contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots
2) stop or check (the flow of)
3) minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points
4) in confusion
(5) browbeat
1) bully
2) killing of animals for food
3) despicable
4) marked by commotion or uproar
(6) ewe
1) wise
2) quarrelsome
3) female sheep
4) settle accounts
(7) knotty
1) intricate
2) remainder
3) compulsive habitual need
4) enroll (in college or graduate school)
(8) palliate
1) ease pain (without curing)
2) full of life
3) great sorrow
4) (of a person or book) learned
(9) militant
1) capable of sensation and conscious
2) tendency to disbelief
3) particular variety of art or literature
4) combative
(10) cant
1) insincere speech or expression of piety
2) physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes
3) support or base as for a pillar or statue
4) read or glance through quickly
(11) covetous
1) pleasing to taste or smell
2) avaricious
3) infamy
4) salary
(12) anthropoid
1) chaplain (in the armed forces)
2) familiar with
3) manlike
4) very high
(13) mollycoddle
1) pamper
2) joking (often inappropriately)
3) implied comparison
4) sediment in a liquid
(14) warrant
1) justification
2) gain for the performance of service or labor
3) similarity
4) similar
(15) usage
1) conceited smile
2) loyalty
3) act or manner of using
4) raised mark from a beating or whipping
(16) cajole
1) tear made by rending
2) shell or jewel carved in relief
3) persuade by praise or false promise
4) deck opening
(17) compassion
1) highly gifted child
2) cheerful and pleased with life
3) sympathy for the suffering of others
4) group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods
(18) mutter
1) having the odor of stale or decomposing fat
2) (of a fact) become known
3) utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones
4) angry
(19) evocative
1) capricious
2) tending to call up (emotions, memories)
3) (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored
4) violation (of a rule or regulation)
(20) pilfer
1) correct a false impression
2) text of an opera or oratorio
3) steal things of small value
4) (esp. of older people) vigorously active
(21) viscid
1) nearing
2) deportment
3) adhesive
4) pay out (as from a fund)
(22) progenitor
1) ancestor
2) shine
3) one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
4) persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury)
(23) acrimonious
1) stinging
2) face courageously
3) irregular
4) charge in court
(24) aberrant
1) conclusion
2) deserve
3) abnormal or deviant
4) set right
(25) dissertation
1) ordinary
2) thunder
3) rustic
4) formal essay
ANSWERS:
(1)2 (2)4 (3)2 (4)1 (5)1 (6)3 (7)1 (8)1 (9)4 (10)1 (11)2 (12)3 (13)1 (14)1 (15)3 (16)3 (17)3 (18)3 (19)2 (20)3 (21)3 (22)1 (23)1 (24)3 (25)4
